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Golden Bachelor Gerry Turner’s Memoir Details Dark Post-Divorce Spiral as Theresa Nist Pushes Back

The release revives competing accounts of their short marriage, with Nist rejecting key scenes as Turner returns to the spotlight engaged to Lana Sutton.

Overview

  • The memoir, Golden Years, arrived this week with excerpts recounting Turner’s mental-health crisis after the couple’s April 2024 split and rapid divorce filing.
  • Turner writes he briefly contemplated suicide in response to public backlash, a disclosure reported from book excerpts by TMZ and confirmed by multiple outlets.
  • He alleges he slept on Nist’s couch during his first visit to her home after their wedding, a portrayal Nist disputes in interviews and on the Dear Shandy podcast.
  • In new interviews, Turner labels the marriage a “monumental mistake” and describes strains over distance, work plans, living arrangements and a prenup.
  • Post-divorce, Turner has revealed a diagnosis of Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia and announced his engagement to Lana Sutton on Oct. 3.